Loose-powder container for vanity boxes



Sept. 9, 1930. A. s. LYHNE LOOSE POWDER CONTAINER FOR VANITY BOXES Filed May 3. 1929 Patented Sept. 9, 1930 PATENT OFFICE .ANKERS. LYHFI'E, F BRIDGEPORT, CO NNECTICUT LOOSE-POWDER CONTAINER FOR VANITY BOXES Application filed May 3,

' This invention relates to vanity boxes or vanity cases such as are used by ladies to carry in ahandbag or the like, and has for'an ob ject more particularly to provide an im- 1 proved container for loose powder which may i be inserted in the box after it has been filled orv removed for refilling, as some women prefer to use powder of a special brand, or prefer loose powder to a compact.

'It is a further object ofthe invention to provide an improved refill container in which the powder is easily accessible in measured quantities. V 1

With the foregoing and'other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combinations and arrangements .of parts as will bev more fully disclosedin connection with the accompanying drawing. e

In this drawing 1 Fig. l is a vertical section through a vanity box showing my'improved powder container mounted therein.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the powder container removed from the box, with a portion of the cover broken away to more clearly showtheconstruction.

Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation and partial vertical section of the container, the section being substantially on line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a top plan viewof the retaining ring in the cover. 9 a

Fig. 5 is a section thereof substantially on line 55 of Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the closure and its spring supporting means.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a slightly different construction of closure, and

Fig. 9 is a side elevation thereof. Some women prefer to use loose powder rather than the powder in so called compacts, and others prefer to use a particular brand of powder which possibly is not easy to secure in vanity boxes on salein the stores. I have, therefore, provided a box, and particularly a powder container which may be inserted in the box by merely slipping it into a section thereof, and so constructed that the 5 loose powder, although being accessible at all 1929. Serial No. 360,192.

times will not spill, and which may be easily removed from the boxand refilled with any desired brand of powder when the supply is exhausted. The container may be also sold as a separate element with any desired brand of powder as a refill to be sold as such and inserted in a box of suitable size.

In the present drawing a box comprising a lower body section 10 and a cover section 11 is adapted to receive the powder container. In the box shown the body and cover sections are hinged together at 12 and the cover carries a mirror 13 secured therein by any suitable means such as a ring 14, and when closed the cover comes down over the body member with their side walls in telescoping engagement in the usual manner.

My improved powder container is soconstructed that it may be inserted in or removed from the body section of the box. It comprises a cupped body or bottom member 15, the side walls 16 of which have telescoping engagement with the depending side walls 17'of a cover member 18. This cover member has in its top wall a relatively large opening 19. The opening 19 is normally closed by a suitable closure on the under side of the top wall of the cover which closure is yieldingly held against the under side of this wall by a suitable spring support. In the present construction this plate or closure comprises a glass disc 21 mounted on a fiat sheet metal ring 22 provided with upstanding lugs 23 to retain the glass disc in place, and the ring 22 has at its outer periphery any desired number of downwardly extending spring fingers 24 for yieldingly supporting the closure over the opening 19 at the under side of the top wall of the cover. A suitable support for this closure supporting means is mounted in the cover member 18, so that it forms a part of the cover section and remains therewith when the cover member and the bottom member are separated for the purpose of refilling the container with fresh powder. The preferred construction is to make this support in the form of a spring 25 with an outwardly extending flange 26 at its upper edge of a size to frietionally engage the inner side of the depending walls 17 and sufficiently tight to act as a means by which it may be retained in the cover 18. This flange as well as providing means whereby the ring is firmly secured in the cover also acts to space the body of the ring sufficiently from the side walls 17 of the cover to provide a space for insertion of the side walls 16 of the bottom member,

as shown in Fig. .3. At its lower edge the ring has an inwardly extendingfiange28 on which the spring fingers 24c restand by which they are supported. Thus it will be apparent that the cover 18, the ring 25, the closure 21 and its spring supporting means form' a complete assembly which remains as such when the cover and the bottom sections 15 are separated for refilling. r

In Figs. 8 and 9 is shown a slightly different construction of'closure' for the opening 19. In this construction, instead ofhaving a the proper distance.

separate glass disc, a metal disc 29 takes the place of the glassqdisc and the spring fingers 30 corresponding with the spring fingers 24 of the first form may be formed integral with this disc. In forming these fingers the disc vanity boxby merely slipping it' into one of the sections thereof. -When in, the box, as

shown at Fig. 1 a pufi'33may rest on the 00V- er section 18,and it is preferred thatthe top annular wall 34 of this cover be inclined somewhat toward its opening 19 to provide a sort of dish shaped pocket to hold the puff and also retain the powder after it comes through the openingonto the top of the closure. In use, depression of the closure 21 or 29 by pressing on the puff will cause a certain amount of powder to pass onto the top of this closure where it is accessible for the pufl, and as soon as the pressure is removed,

' theopeningis closed by the closure through the spring fingers 24 or 30. After the powde'ris exhausted, the container may be'easily removed from the box and the'cover and bottom sections separated. To facilitate this action, the sidewalls 17 of the cover section may be cutaway as shown at 34 on opposite sides thereof toypermit a thumb and'finger grip onthemember 15. After the sections are separated, theloose powder may be placed in oneof them and member 15. replaced. .It .s to be especially noted that when the member .15 is removed the springsupportingelement 22, 24: and closure 21,0r the disc 29 and the spring supports 30, do not fiyfromthe cover or move out of their proper positions, but are at all t mes retained in their proper positions the cover, and there is no danger of the getting'them out of position or losing them in the refilling operation. Thesecontainers may also be filled with powder and sold on the market as refills to bepurchased as such, and merely inserted in the Vanity box after the'old supply of powder is exhausted.-

I-Iavingthus set forth the nature of my in-- vention, what I claimis:

1." In a vanity box, cover and body se'ctions,

a loose powder container in one of said sections comprising a cupped bottom member, a cover having side walls in telescoping engagement with those of the bottom member, and having an opening in its top wall, a ring fitted in said cover having an internal flange,

cover having depending side walls in telescoping engagement with those of the bottom member, said cover being provided with an opening in its topiwall, a supporting member mounted in saidcover, a closure for said opening on the under side of the said top wall, and spring means carried by said's'upporting member for yieldingly holding the closure over said-opening. I 3. In avanity box, cover and body sections, a loose powder container: in one of saidsections comprising'a cupped bottom member, a cover having depending side wallslin telescoping engagement, with those of the bottom member, said cover being provided with an opening in its top wall, a ringlsupport' mounted within the cover and having-an internaloflange, a closure for said opening in the cover comprisinga plate at, the: under side of said top wall, and spring supporting fingers depending from said plate adj acent the periphery thereof and resting on saidflange.

4. In a vanity box, cover and body isections,

a 'loosepowder container in one of said sections comprising a cuppedbottom member, a

cover member having depending sidewalls to embrace those of theibot toml member, "a ring support mounted in the cover and spaced inwardly from' theside walls thereof to permit entrance of the sidewall-s of the bottom member between them and having an. inwardly extending flange, said cover, having an opening in its'top wall, a closure for said opening on the under side .of the top wall, and arspring support resting on said flange toretain the closure) against thepunv.der side of said top wall.

5. A loose powdercontainer ,for a vanity i .box adaptedto be inserted therein asa whole comprising fa cupped bottom member, a cover having side walls in telescoping engagement with those of the bottom member and having an opening in its topflwall, a ring fitted, in 1 said cover having an internal flange, a closure under said opening, and means for yieldingly holding said closure against the under side of the cover comprising a spring member resting on said flange and supporting the closure.

6. A loose powder container for a vanity box adapted to be inserted therein as a whole comprising a cupped bottom member, a cover having depending side walls in telescoping engagement with those of the bottom member, said cover being provided with an opening in its top wall, a supporting member mounted in said cover, a closure for said opening on the under side of the said top wall, and spring means carried by said supporting member for yieldingly holding the closure over said opening.

7 A loose powder container for a vanity box adapted to be inserted therein as a whole comprising a cupped bottom member, a cover having depending side walls in telescoping engagement with those of the bottom member, said cover being provided with an opening in its top wall, a ring support mounted within the cover and having an internal flange, a closure for said opening in the cover comprising a plate at the under side of said top wall, and spring supporting fingers depending from said plate adjacent the periphery thereof and resting on said flange.

8. A loose powder container for insertion in a vanity box comprising a cupped bottom member for holding the powder, a cover for said bottom member having an opening in its top wall, a closure for said opening under the top wall, a spring means for yieldingly retainlng said closure over the opening and against the under side of said wall, and supporting means for said spring means secured in the cover to remain there when it is removed from the bottom member.

ANKER S. LYHNE. 

